Pertain \Per*tain"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pertained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pertaining}.] [OE. partenen, OF. partenir, fr. L. pertinere to stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See {Per-}, and {Tenable}, and cf. {Appertain}, {Pertinent}.] 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant life.
Men hate those who affect that honor by ambition which pertaineth not to them. --Hayward.
2. To have relation or reference to something.
These words pertain unto us at this time as they pertained to them at their time. --Latimer.
Why would that dilute it, unless you're afraid that he might come up with some offer? A. Well, in the first place, the United Nations resolutions that pertain say that he has to be out of Kuwait.
The same general levels of accuracy also pertain to some of the more specific money items that are measured.
That is why it is wrong to assume that certain duties (such as the hostessy function of offering coffee) or courtesies (such as standing when someone enters the room or picking up the check for a working lunch) pertain to gender, rather than rank.
"To what does it pertain?" asked Mitchell.
Most of the objections by U.S interests pertain to subsidies paid to Airbus by European governments.
Prosecutors said the entries pertain to 14 killings in which Kraft is charged.
But Kincaid said authorities are not sure the drawings pertain to the boy. "We have no idea how much of his sketches are his own idea or his imagination or maybe re-creations of popular television shows," he said.
In the intervening years, Mr. Hyland has distinguished himself as a prolific writer and an often penetrating commentator about various aspects of contemporary power politics, particularly as these pertain to the Soviet-American struggle.
The graduation rates would pertain only to fulltime, degree-seeking students.
For Mr. Bawer, the traditional questions about the novel still pertain: What sort of thinking is going on and does the work ultimately affect our view of the world in language we can admire and with characters we can believe in?
The amendment would pertain only to the federal judiciary, leaving the trial of other public officials impeached by the House to the Senate, said Fowler, who said he would sponsor the proposal with Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y.
The documents pertain to the government's investigation of a senior Air Force procurement officer and two private consultants.
"I have researched a number of topics that pertain to religion, including the sanctuary movement and the role of mainline denominations relative to that movement," she said at the time of her indictment.
'I concede I honestly hadn't contemplated that,' says Newmarch, who points out that his own concerns about self-regulation pertain to retail rather than institutional business.